Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:41:51 -0700 | From | David Wilder <> | Subject | Re: [Patch 1/2] Trace code and documentation (updated) |
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Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:20:18 +0100 Christoph Hellwig wrote: > >> On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 07:14:47AM -0700, David Wilder wrote: >>> I agree with you; however, this is in the example code in the >>> Documentation directory, It is not part of the trace code. The example >>> was just meant to be a demonstration of how the interface works. >> So we tell people to write bad code? Wonderful.. >> >> And while we're at it can we please stop the dumb idea to put example >> code into Documentation? If example code doesn't get build during a >> make oldconfig it will bitrot real fast and not be useful at all. > > > That's why they exmaples should not be hidden/embedded in .txt files; > they should be standalone .c files with makefiles etc. > > I've built and corrected several of them, but they would be more > likely to be kept up-to-date if they are more available in standalone > files. > > and they can be taken out of Documentation/ whenever they go into > util-linux-ng or elsewhere. Let's get the order correct. > > --- > ~Randy > IMHO keeping example code as standalone files under Documentation/* make it easy to build an play with. I like it better than keeping it on some project website where it is even less likely to maintained. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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